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NASB | 2 Corinthians 13:5 ¶ Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you--unless indeed you fail the test? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Corinthians 13:5 ¶ Test and evaluate yourselves to see whether you are in the faith and living your lives as [committed] believers. Examine yourselves [not me]! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves [by an ongoing experience] that Jesus Christ is in you--unless indeed you fail the test and are rejected as counterfeit? |
Subject: Examine yourselves! |
Bible Note: Dear JVH0212, I know I'm way late in the game, but your question is certainly not a simple one; and I'm not saying any of the answers you received thus far are simple or incorrect. But I wonder if referring to Scripture was what Paul was meaning? They certainly didn't have the New Testament; which best defines our Faith (I mean our as in all believers, not in the sense of the individual believer). Could it be (as I believe) that Paul was meaning look at your heart--your seat of affections, love and place of worship--are you still in love with God? Or is your heart full of strange gods? We safely (and wisely) consult the Bible to test ourselves, but fundamentally it is our relationship with God (which is more real than any other relationship in our experience) which tells us if we've moved from left field to some place out of the ball park. Testing yourself is looking in your heart to see if it is the temple of the one God. Is God in your temple, or have you replaced Him with one or some of the gods of the nations? mrk |